Old Spain meets the New World

By Penny Homer, 11 January 2016

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“It was all the more special for having the air of being completely effortless”

Reviewed at Convento Cerro de La Popa, Cartagena on 9 January 2016

Anonymous, Folías antiguas

Anonymous, Folias ( “Rodrigo Martinez”)

Murcia, Cumbes - Tradicional huasteco (El Cielito Lindo)

Sanz, Jácaras - Son de Tixtla

Ortiz, Folia IV

Murcia, La Jota - Tradicional jarocho

Cabezón, Folia: Pavana con su Glosa

Traditional, Guaracha

Traditional, El Balajú Jarocho

Guerrero, Moresca

Traditional, Los Chiles Verdes

Murcia, Fandango (El Fandanguito)

Martin y Coll, Diferencias sobre las Folias

Correa de Arauxo, Glosas sobre Todo el mundo en general

Anonymous, Canarios (improvisaciones)

Valente, Gallarda Napolitana

Tembembe Ensamble Continuo

Hespèrion XXI

Jordi Savall, Conductor

Donaji Esparza, Dancer

Savall and Hespèrion XXI celebrate 50 years with effortless style

Nick Boston, 18th December

Rich sounding viols, lively percussion and spicy theorbo and guitar in eclectic consort music from Jordi Savall and Hesperian XXI in their 50th year.

*****

The Doctor Who of music: Jordi Savall at SJSS

David Karlin, 12th May

Hespèrion XXI dazzle us with virtuosity as they celebrate musical Europe in the heart of Westminster.

*****

From the old world to the New World with Jordi Savall

Sandra Bowdler, 17th February

Jordi Savall, Hespèrian XXI and Tembembe Ensamble Continuo brought an exciting mix of instrumental playing, song and dance presenting Baroque and pre-Baroque music from Spain and the New World.

****1

Las Rutas de los Esclavos: a spell-binding journey

Penny Homer, 10th January

Sounds of Mali, Brazil, Spain, Mexico and Madagascar blended to perfection with Colombia to create a masterpiece.

*****

Lost Paradises in Cartagena

Penny Homer, 8th January

Jordi Savall and friends take us on a journey to the Spain of Colombus.

***11

An eclectic band of medieval minstrels

Simon Rees, 10th July

Anyone running a bar or a bistro, or providing music for a christening, a post-Ramadan party or a bar mitzvah, would have to go a long way to find more fitting and spirited music than that made by Jordi Savall and his sometimes merry, sometimes melancholy, band of minstrels.

****1

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Penny Homer

Penny Homer graduated from the University of Nottingham with a Bachelor of Music degree in 2003, where she was also a choral scholar at St Barnabas Cathedral. She is keenly interested in arts and education, and her work across both includes stints at Akademi South Asian Dance UK and Benslow Music Trust. Additionally she worked for Edition Peters in their sales department before joining the Association of British Choral Directors as their Training Manager. Penny currently sings at Eton Lower Chapel, St Andrews Fulham Fields, Wimbledon Choral Society, Londinium and Vocal Constructivists, and continues her vocal studies with Ian Kennedy.

Folías Antiguas y Criollas: Old Spain meets the New World